ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. – Four suspects, including two juveniles, were taken into custody Friday morning after deputies with the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO) located a vehicle reported stolen out of Brevard County.
At approximately 10:20 a.m. on October 24, 2025, SLCSO deputies from the Patrol Operations Bureau spotted the stolen vehicle turning onto Ideal Holding Road. As a deputy attempted a traffic stop near the road’s dead end, the driver veered off the roadway and crashed into brush along a canal bank.
All four occupants immediately fled on foot. Inside the vehicle, deputies found a replica Sig P365 airsoft pistol, multiple ski masks, and two gaming systems.
A perimeter was quickly established, and one juvenile suspect was detained at the scene. K-9 Deputy Angulo and his partner Viktor tracked and apprehended the second juvenile about 200 yards away.
The remaining two adult suspects attempted to escape by swimming across the C-24 canal and hiding in a nearby citrus grove. Fort Pierce Police K-9 Officer Patriani and his partner Max joined the search and tracked the pair several hundred yards into the grove.
K-9 Max located and apprehended 19-year-old Gavin Guthrie of Melbourne, who sustained a K-9 bite during the arrest. Shortly after, 18-year-old John Mullins, also of Melbourne, was taken into custody without further incident.
Both Guthrie and Mullins were charged with:
- Grand Theft of Motor Vehicle
- Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor
- Trespassing
- Resisting Arrest Without Violence
Guthrie faces additional charges of Reckless Driving and Fleeing and Eluding Law Enforcement.
The two juveniles, later confirmed as missing from Charlotte County, were charged with Resisting Arrest Without Violence and released to the Department of Juvenile Justice.
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